THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A court on Saturday summoned Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to appear before it in a defamation case filed by Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor. The Chief . udicial Magistrate ( C . M) took cognisance of the complaint and asked the minister to appear before it on May . , Tharooru2019s lawyer told the media. Tharoor had in December . . . . filed a defamation case against Prasad for allegedly calling him a u201c murder accusedu201d in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkaru2019s death.

Meanwhile, a Delhi court on Saturday imposed a fine of R . , . . . on Tharoor for not appearing during the hearing of a defamation case against him by B . P leader Rajiv Babbar.